Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #541) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- COOKIE
- EMMY
- GRAMMY
- KATIE
- JUNIOR
- OSCAR
- TONY
- POP
- CECE
- MUMMY
- COUNT
- MEADOW
- SNUFFY
- CUZ
- CARMELA
- EDIE
NYT Connections today (game #541) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Don’t mess with this family
- Green: What’s up bro?
- Blue: Where’s Elmo?
- Purple: Evie could be another
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #541) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SOPRANOS
- GREEN: FAMILIAL NICKNAMES
- BLUE: “SESAME STREET” CHARACTERS
- PURPLE: NAMES THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #541) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #541, are…
- YELLOW: SOPRANOS CARMELA, JUNIOR, MEADOW, TONY
- GREEN: FAMILIAL NICKNAMES CUZ, GRAMMY, MUMMY, POP
- BLUE: “SESAME STREET” CHARACTERS COOKIE, COUNT, OSCAR, SNUFFY
- PURPLE: NAMES THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS CECE, EDIE, EMMY, KATIE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Fail
There was simply too many red herrings in today’s Connections and I ended up losing a streak which hadn’t really been going all that long anyway.
The problems were many: I messed up with the yellow SOPRANOS group, despite loving that show, by initially having EDIE in there, thinking of the actress who plays CARMELA, and left out MEADOW instead. Then I lost another two more on an assumption that OSCAR, GRAMMY and EMMY were all awards shows, and that maybe there was another I didn’t know; I guessed EDIE and SNUFFY but both were wrong so I moved on.
I then solved green – which wasn’t too bad – before realizing that OSCAR, COUNT and COOKIE were all SESAME STREET CHARACTERS. Unfortunately it’s a long time since I was a regular viewer (obviously!), so I didn’t know that SNUFFY was the fourth. I probably should have guessed – I mean it sounds like a Sesame Street character, right? – but that’s how it goes sometimes. Oh well.
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, 2 December, game #540)
- YELLOW: ANNOUNCE BROADCAST, DECLARE, HERALD, TRUMPET
- GREEN: THINGS INVOLVING MALLETS CARPENTRY, CROQUET, WHAC-A-MOLE, XYLOPHONE
- BLUE: ICON EMBROIDERED ON A POLO SHIRT CROCODILE, LAUREL, POLO PLAYER, SWOOSH
- PURPLE: ___ CLIP ALLIGATOR, HAIR, PAPER, VIDEO
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.